Garment supporter



lOct. 14. |924- C. J. HAZELTON GARMENT sUPPoRTER Original Filed Oct. 2, 1923 .da i

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL J. HAZELTON, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO .AMERICAN ROW FABRIC COMPANY, OF "WORCESTER, liIASSACI-IUSETTS, A. CORPORATION 0F MASSACHUSETTS.

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Original application filed October 2, 1923, Serial No. 666,974. Divided and. this application led Apri1'2, Y 1924. serial No. 703,595.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL J. HAZELTON, a citizen of the United States. and a resident of VVorces-ter, in the county of illorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

' My invent-ion is directed to an improvement in `garment supporters and one oi the objects thereof is the provision of an improved form of button or stud to be employed in connection with such articles, the

stud comprising a head and a shank, the

shank of the stud being so arranged as to facilitate the manufacture of the supporter,-that is to say, the assembling of the variousparts of the supporter.-and eliminating the more or less objectionable characteristics inherent in garment supporters as now constructed.

The present construction is an improvement in certain particulars over buttons of the type disclosed in my co-pending application, Serial No. 646,614. for example, in that in the present construction no particular care need be exercised in assembling the button and the base-plate by which the button is attached to the garment supporter tab.

In my present construction also T have increased the area of the gripping surface by which the garment is supported as compared with the application above referred to. the shank of the present button being provided with plane parallel sides and a. plane front face or surface. these plane surfaces or faces co-operating with the straight parallel side arms of the holding loop and the straight transverse cross-bar which is provided adjacent the lower Vends of these side arms.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 shows my improved garment supporter in elevation;

Fig. 2 is a sect-ion taken through the button shank; and

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the` line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

y Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 designates a supporting member which is usually of elastic and attached to a metal loop 2. Pivotally attached to this loop is a supporter holding loop 3 provided with substantially straight parallel side arms 4 and va straight transverse cross-bar 5 at the lower extremity of the side arms. 7 designates a tab of fabric or similar material attached to the members 2 and 3 and carrying on its lower end, as viewed in Fig. 1, a metal baseplate 8. Secured to the base-plate 8 is a supporter button or stud 9. This stud is made of rubber or a similar material and comprises an elongated head 10, the long axis of which extends transversely of the siipporter,-that is to say, transversely of the long axis of the loop 3.

The stud or button 9 is provided with a polygonal shank 11, this Vshank being rectangular in cross-section;A in other words, the front 12, rear 13 and the two opposed sides 14 and 15 are plane surfaces.

The stud is held in place on the base-plate by means of a rivet 16, the head 17 of this rivet being elongated and extending trans-l versely of the supporter. The head of the rivet is long enough to extend beyond the flat sides or VFaces 14 and 15 of the button shank and to overlie the side arms 4 of the holding loop. The rivet head lies in a groove 18 in the head of the button, the groove 18 co-operating with the elongated head of the stud to prevent turning of the stud on the rivet. The shank of the rivet, designated 19. is flat and passes entirely through the 'button head and shank and into the base-plate 8 to which it may be riveted or otherwise secured'. thereby attaching the button or stud to the base-plate.

The head 10 of the button is materially enlarged with respect to the periphery of the button shank to provide an overhang or flange 21 extending beyond the shank throughout the periphery of the shank, this overhang on that portion where it overlies the side arms 4 of the holding loop being reinforced, so to speak, by the elongated head of the holding rivet.

As previously pointed out herein, itI is a desideratum in articles of this character to simplify the structure of the article as much as possible and to facilitate the assembling process. It will be seen from the foregoing description that in assembling the button or stud and the base-plate, these parts may be quickly assembled inasmuch Aas the' button may be applied to the base-plate las' shown or may be given a turn of 180 de-A grees, the back and front of the button or stud being alike.; in. yother Words, it vis not necessary'in vthe'present construction to exeroise the care which must be taken in the case of a button similar to the `one shown in my copendriiig appl'ioyation, Serial No. 646,614.

It` willv be "seen alsoY by the foregoing description that I have provided an .arrangeM ment or construction in which the securing loop .3,tha-t isto say, theside arms 4t and cross-bar 5 thereof,-Will be prevented from `to retain the garment in place.

tThis application is a division of my copending application, Serial No. 666,074, filed October 2,1923. Y

1What I claim is: 1 w

1.- In a garment supporter, the combination .of a loop having straight parallel side arms and a straight .transverse bar at the lowgerextreinity of the side arms, a ,baseplate, `a button comprising a head `and a Shank, attaching means passing through the' head and shank of the button and -into the base-plate for attaohing the button to the base-plate, said button havinga head o .verlying the shank to provide an overhang or flange at the sides'and front of the button for the reception of vthe side arms rand crossbar of said loop, .the shank being .provided with plane faces at'the sidesioi" f(trip-.mileifation .with the straight sidefarms ofthe holding loop, said shank being provided also with a plane front Jface for co-operationwith the transverse cross-bar of said loop.

2. In a garment supporter,the combina' tion of a loop having straight parallel side arms and a `straight transverse bar at the lower extremity of .the side arms, a baseplate, a button comprising a head and a shank, a stud vhaving an elongated. head eX- tending transversely of t-he supporter forattaching the' button to the base-plate, said button shank having a plane `front face andv vplane parallel side faces, vsaid -headextending beyond said plane surfaces to provide an overhanging flange at the sides and liront of the button adapted to co-'operate With the side arms and transverse bar of the loop, the elongated head ofthe said studexten'ding beyond lthe plane side faces of the stud to stilen or reinforce a portion of the but- .ton head flange overhanging the side arms of the loop. This specification signed March, .1.924.

y.CARL J. HAZELTON.

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